Jacaranda trees in my neighborhood...

ジャカランダは南半球の桜みたいだ。私たちが桜が開花して、そこに春の到来を感じるようなもの。初めて満開のジャカランダを見たのは、２０１３年、南アフリカのプレトリアという町だ。

バックナンバー：The Blue Train 10

その時までに数回南アフリカには行ったけど、いつもじゃからんの開花の季節はずれだった。すでに、フランスのリビエラ海岸やペルーで花を見ていたけど、南アフリカのそれとは数の上で比較にならない。

Jacaranda could be a counterpart of "Sakura" in the south hemisphere as we see "Sakura" blooming and feel a hint of Spring season coming. It was in 2013 in Pretoria, South Africa when I saw Jacaranda in full bloom for the first time.

Back Number: The Blue Train 10

I had already been there a few times before that, but it was always not in the season. I actually saw it blooming around the coast of Riviera in South France or in Peru, but not comparable to those in South Africa in numbers.

去年の今頃のある日、長居公園を歩いていた。すると木と木の間から薄い紫色、藤色の色が目についた。すぐにジャカランダ？と思ったが、日本では宮崎県の温暖な気候のところだけで育てられていると聞いたことがあったので半信半疑だった。

しかし、近づいてみてみるとジャカランダの木で美しい藤色の花だった。どんな風に、どれくらい早く育つのかは知らないが、その木はすでに５ｍ以上もあった。南アフリカの木も確かに背が高いが、写真はもっと撮影しやすかったと思う。

One day around this time of last year, I was walking in the Nagai Park, and obscurely noticed some light purple color between trees planted there. I immediately thought that I might be Jacaranda, but I was half-doubtful because I hear that Jacaranda trees in Japan are mostly planted in Miyazaki prefecture where it is warm and mind in temperature. 

When I got to closer to have a look, however, it was definitely Jacaranda which flowers are blooming beautifully in the color of light purple. I don't know about how and how fast it glows, but it was already more than five meters tall. The ones in South Africa were also tall in height, but much easier to take a photo. 

今年は一眼レフと55-250ｍｍのズームレンズがあるので、高い位置の花も何とか撮影できた。公園にはジャカランダの木は２本しかなく、もしもっとあれば春の桜のシーズンの後の楽しみとしての、人気になるんじゃないかと思う。

もちろん、安易な考えだけで、これだけ背丈高く育てるにはかなりの時間を要することは想像つく。でも、ジャカランダの花のファンとしてのちょっとした望みだ。南アフリカにはまた行くだろうから、一眼レフできれいに撮影したいものだと思う。

落ち着いて撮影ができるほど、治安が良ければの話だが・・・。

Since I have a DSLR camera now with a 55-250 mm Zoom lenses, I could capture the flowers in higher positions this time. Since there are only two Jacaranda trees in the park, I can stop feeling if there were more Jacaranda trees there, they would definitely become an attractive feature of this park after Spring Sakura Season. 

Of course, I understand that it is an easy-going way of thinking, and easily guess that it would take long time to make them glow that tall, but it is just a wish for a fan of this beautiful flower, Jacaranda. I'm sure that I would go to South Africa sometime in future, and would like to take photos by my DSLR. 

Though it is under the condition that the cities are safe enough to hang around for shooting...